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Open Land Area In Chandigarh Declined And Left Only 8%
City Beautiful is known for its beautiful architecture, greenery and the parks. But according to the recent reports, Chandigarh is getting crowdy day by day because of the urbanisation. In 2000 there was around 32% open land but now only 8% open land left because of increasing urban area. Decreasing Open Land Area In Chandigarh is really the matter of concern.

Punjab Engineering Student Did The Study:

The fourth year BE student at Punjab Engineering College did a study and found some of the remote sensing satellite images. These images were showing that Open Land Area In Chandigarh is declining because of the construction of roads and buildings and their percentage has increased more than 50 percent over the last 15 years. In this study, there is the comparison of four satellite images of Chandigarh that were taken in 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015. These images were differentiated with the help of software and then they studied various geographical aspects from these images. PEC civil engineer Professor Amrit Singh Sandhu, who guided the study, says that the Chandigarh Administration should stop increasing encroachments in the city and give few project approvals.

What Changes Occurred Here In 15 years:
- After 2000 lots of construction occurred here and this led to the decline in the open area. In 2000 the open area in the city was 32% but now only 8% is left.
- Many housing projects were completed in this time and most of the construction of housing projects has done in the southern sectors of 48, 51 and 63.
- To transform the Chandigarh new shopping complexes constructed here in the industrial area.
- The construction of a new ISBT in Sector 43 for the urbanisation of the city but this led to declining open area in City.
- According to the Prof. Amrit Singh Sandhu, Chandigarh Administration should not give approvals to development projects easily because this thing can create water and electricity shortage in the future.
What Are The Experts View:

According to the former architect of Chandigarh Sumit Kaur, there is no threat and there is no need to take any strict action. She also added that there is a master plan and they also assured that the city will not face a crisis of any kind until 2031. This plan will help to avoid any type of problems related to electricity and water in City Beautiful. She said that Administration is concerned about the city and they are approving only those projects that can increase the beauty and greenery of the city. She also adds that it is mandatory to fit solar pannels on all houses and building rooftops, occupying plots larger than 500 yards.
7 People Arrested With Drugs In Mohali District.
The cases of drug peddling and drug addiction are increasing day by day in the City. To control the increasing crimes related to the drug is the need of hour. Police arrested 7 People With Drugs In Mohali District and registered cases against them under NDPS Act on Tuesday. According to the reports around 150 cases are registered here under NDPS Act, till May.

This is the serious issue and it required some serious steps because this drug addiction is spreading its tentacles slowly and getting stronger. Teenagers are getting affected by this and because of the drug addiction, they are destroying their future. Availability of drug for them is easy that is increasing this in the tricity.

Recent Cases Of Drug Peddling:
- Recently a person named Mandeep Singh in Kurali was arrested with 10gm of cocaine. According to the Police, he was on the bike and when he saw the police he tried to run away from there. But police nabbed him from the spot. Police also said that this person used to supply drugs in small quantities to local customers.
- Two Nigerians who were involved in drug peddling and supplying drugs to the students of Tricity were arrested by the Police. After this, they both confessed that they are involved in this.
- Police also said that some street vendors are also involved in this and they are selling drugs in the guise of a lemon juice vendor at Sohana.
- Daler Singh of Mullanpur was arrested with 150gm of opium and Gurpreet Singh of Phase I was arrested with 50gm of cocaine. Police also said that some chemist shops are also supplying drugs.
Most Of The Drug Peddlers Are Outsiders:

According to the sources mostly drug peddlers are outsiders but they have very good connections here and that is making them easy to sell the drugs here. According to the Police, they are keeping their eyes on drug peddlers and on their activities. According to them periphery of the Mohali district is worst affected as most of the drug peddlers and drug addicts are caught from villages due to easy availability of drugs.
A Vegetable Seller Was Murdered Inside The Premises Of Manimajra Police Station

AN 87-YEAR-OLD vegetable seller, Sukh Lal, was murdered inside the premises of Manimajra Police Station and this happened after the conflict between two parties at a local sabzi mandi on Sunday night. These both sabzi walas were going to lodge the complaint against each other in Manimajra Police station. But before this accused Vijay Kumar hit the victim, who fell to the ground and suffered severe head injuries. This led to his death.

What Was The Reason Of Conflict:

The victim, Sukh Lal, was a resident of Indira Colony and ran his stall of vegetables at a local vegetable market near Bank Colony in Manimajra. According to Police on the day of the fight, victim Sukh Lal along with his younger brother, Chatterpal, was drinking alcohol at the sabzi mandi and Vijay was also there with his watermelon stall and when he saw both of them drinking, he raised an objection and addressed both the brothers in an abusive language. After this, it triggered heated arguments between Vijay and the two brothers, and a scuffle broke out between Sukh Lal and Vijay. Rajinder, son of victim Sukh Lal, said then they both parties went to lodge a complaint to the police station and when they entered Police station Vijay, who was accompanied by his family members, hit victims head on the chest of my father. My father’s head hit against a wall inside the police station and he became unconscious.

Complaint Is Registered Against The Accused:

According to the Inspector Harminderjit Singh, these both the parties were coming to the police station for lodging a complaint against each other. They were about to enter the police station when accused Vijay hit his head on the chest of 87-year-old Sukh Lal, who fell on the ground and his head hit the road. After this incident victim immediately rushed to Civil Hospital, Manimajra, where doctors declared him brought dead.

As this incident of murder took place in the premises of Police station so police arrested accused person from there. A post-mortem examination on the body was conducted by doctors at GMSH, Sector 16. Accused Vijay was produced in a local court and sent to judicial custody. A case of murder was registered at the Manimajra police station.
Tarush A Real Hero Beat The “Dyslexia” And Scored Great Marks

“Taare Zameen Per” portrayed the life of a confused child who was suffering from Dyslexia a reading disorder that makes affected person unable to read fluently and also in recognising the words. Everyone appreciated this movie but the truth is when things like this happens in real life then it is very hard to handle such situation.

Today we are going to tell you about Dipti Bansal a proud mother and her son Tarush who scored an impressive 83.8% in humanities in the Class XII results of ISC announced on Monday even after he suffered from dyslexia and cerebral palsy. This story shows us that no abnormality can stand in front of your determination to do something in your life. Tarush A Real Hero Beat The “Dyslexia” And Scored Great Marks. Hard work will always pay off.

How He Fought Dyslexia And Cerebral Palsy

According to Dipti, she was very upset when doctors said that their child is not normal and it would be good if Tarush is schooled at home then they apply for open schooling. Tarush’smother added that they have faced lots of difficulties in getting him admitted in regular schools and earlier they had admitted him to boarding school and then they came to know about his disabilities. So they decided to bring him home and then his treatment started here.

His parents wanted him to admitted in top school but all was in vain because he did not get admission. After that, they were able to enrol him at Strawberry Fields High School, but they did not have any hope that their child would do better there and their expectation was very low. His mother said that I wasn’t expecting him to cross 60% and after his result, everyone is surprised that he did a great job. They were not expecting such a good performance of their child even in dreams. But he really did a great job and made his family proud

What Tarush Said After Result:

According to Tarush all credit to his success goes to his mother who supported him in every situation and always motivated him to grab his goals. He said his mother is the pillar of support for him. He also said that he want to become a psychologist. He also credited his teachers to be patient with him and teach him properly to score well. Always support your child that can give his/her life a good direction that can change his/her life.
Chandigarh’s Job Seekers Are Facing Discrimination And Has Domicile Setback

In Chandigarh, residents find themselves in a disadvantaged situation as compared to their counterparts residing in Punjab and Haryana because of the discrimination in oppurtunities that they are getting. City residents are disappointed because Punjab and Haryana people can apply for jobs in Chandigarh as well as their respective states, but Chandigarh residents are unable to do so because they are asked to produce a domicile certificate of the respective state. Chandigarh’s Job Seekers Are Facing Discrimination And Has Domicile Setback.

What Is The Reason Behind Their Dissapointment:

According to the residents of Chandigarh they have fewer chances to apply for government jobs because, With a limited number of jobs offer in government departments of Chandigarh Administration and they have to face another problem that is because of the their counterparts residing in Punjab and Haryana, who can easily apply for the jobs in Chandigarh but city residents are not that privilaged to apply in Haryana and Punjab. According to the Punjab Reorganization Act, Chandigarh is the joint capital of both Haryana and Punjab states, making their residents eligible to get jobs in Chandigarh.

But when Chandigarh residents apply for jobs in Haryana and Punjab, they are asked to produce a domicile certificate of the respective state. At present, a large number of people hailing from these two states are working in different departments of Chandigarh Administration. In the ongoing recruitment of Chandigarh police, a majority of applicants are from these states.

According to the Rakesh Kumar, convener of coordination committee of government and MC employees residents of Chandigarh should be allowed to seek jobs in Punjab and Haryana. They are being deprived of their right. Member of Parliament Kirron Kher is also working on this issue and she has taken up the issues but state govermnets of Punjab and Haryana did not respond yet. On May 20, Kher had expressed her displeasure over the same at a meeting with Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar during the visit of BJP national president Amit Shah.

Firstly Chandigarh Has to Stop Considering Students From Punjab and Haryana Outsider:

According to MLA Balbir Singh, Chandigarh always consider students fro Punjab and Haryana outsiders. He also added that Chandigarh Adminstration should first fill the jobs in a ratio of 60:40 because in Chandigarh institutions there are only 15% seats are available for the students of other states and other 85% for the students of Chandigarh only. So, if Chgandigarh people wants to take job in Punjab, the Adminstration has to consider students from Punjab as their own not as outsider. It has to be reciprocal.
Soon Athletes Will Get Synthetic Athletics Tracks In Chandigarh
For the better training of athletes, Administration is planning to construct Synthetic Athletics Tracks In Chandigarh very soon. This great move will surely help the athletes in better training. According to the reports, the track is expected to be ready by the end of 2017. This project is delaying for many years but now Chandigarh Administration is serious about this construction.

Synthetic Athletics Tracks In Chandigarh:
- In 2012 it was announced by Finance-cum-sports-secretary that a synthetic track would be built at the Sector 42 Chandigarh. But because some issues it was no executed and delayed for four years.
- The reason behind this was a common wall between the sports complex and Post Graduate Government College, Sector 46.
- This Synthetic athletics track will help athletes for better training and it is expected to completed by the end of 2017.
- This synthetic athletics track will be constructed at the Sector 46 Chandigarh Sports Complex. Presently in Sector 46, there is a grass track but soon there will be synthetic track.
Cost Decided For The Project:

The authorities have submitted the estimated amount for building the synthetic track to the Engineering department. The joint director said that they are trying their best to complete the project by this financial year. This project was announced in 2012 and it was decided that it will be constructed in Sector 42, but it was not executed then because of some issues. The authorities decided to come up with a 10-lane track but due to the lack of space, the authorities came up with a 7-lane track instead of a 10-lane track. But no serious action for the execution of project has been taken since then. But this time there is hope that athletes will soon get their better training on synthetic track.
Chemist Shops In Chandigarh Will Be Closed On May 30 Except Shops Inside Hospitals
600 chemist shops in Chandigarh are going to close on Tuesday and this is because of the all-India protest against the Government. This protest is going to take place due to the online sale of medicines. On protest day medical shops only inside hospitals will be open. There are around 20 shops inside city based hospitals only that will be open on Tuesday.

According to the president, Chandigarh Chemists’ Association quality of medicines can be compromised because of online sale of medicines and also there are not any check on sale of spurious drugs or those medicines which have to be sold strictly by prescription.

Sale of drug Online:
- According to Chandigarh Chemist Association, online sales of medicines can create some problems and that can be related to quality. They were saying that quality of medicines can be compromised due online sale of medicines.
- Another problem can be the sale of spurious drugs or those medicines which have to be sold strictly only by prescription.
Sub- Committee Was Formed To Prevent Issue Of Drugs:

To avoid some problems related to the online sale of drugs, drugs controller general of India formed a sub-committee last year. This committee helps to examine the issue of regulating online sale of drugs under the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945. This committee gives some recommendations to solve the problems related to the online sale of drugs.
- The committee recommended that a registry of pharmacies be made available.
- To prevent the sale of spurious drugs or medicines which have to be provided strictly by prescription, a logo for identifying the authenticity of the e-pharmacy can be displayed on every page of the internet portal and mobile application, the panel suggested.
- Various stakeholders have recommended launch of a national portal at the central level to route all online transactions and e-prescriptions through it.
- Existing wholesalers and retailers can be registered here. To prevent the sale of spurious medicine, the online sale shall only be allowed through this national portal.
- The sub-committee recommended that the online portal discloses complete transaction details to the licensing authority on request.
- The health ministry held many discussions with stakeholders and prepared a regulatory mechanism to ensure patients are benefitted by the online portal.
Why This Pharmacy Portal Is Made:

This Pharmacy portal was made for the benefits for chronic, elderly patients living in nuclear families and patients who are not in a condition to go out to find a pharmacy. But chemist is not in favour of this and that is the reason for their protest. According to the chemists, they have compelled the government to reconsider disadvantages and they have been working on revising the proposal. They also said that this new system wants all transactions to be monitored from manufacturers to retailers. The retailers need to scan the prescription, upload them and sell the medicines. This is not possible in an emergency sale of medicines
Chandigarh | 19-year-old Boy Found Dead Due to Drug Overdose

Drug addiction is a severe problem that affects teenagers in Chandigarh so badly and they are losing their precious lives due to an overdose of drugs. Without caring about the side effects of drugs teenagers are taking drugs and spoiling their lives. Another case of death due to Drug addiction in Chandigarh came into limelight. A 19 years old boy died due to a drug overdose at Dadumajra Colony, Sector 38 Chandigarh.

Saurabh who was a drug addict was taking treatment in addiction centre in Sector 16 Chandigarh from last 6 months. But after that, he died due to an overdose of drugs.

Where Did Saurabh’s Body Found After Death:

Saurabh’s body found on the rooftop of his friend’s house. His friend kaali who is also a drug addict and he was also admitted at the de-addition centre in PGI Chandigarh for treatment. In Thursday afternoon when kaali mother went on the roof she found Saurabh there and then he was taken to GHSH, Sector 16 Chandigarh by Kaali’s parents. But he was declared dead there.

What Is The Statement Of Kaali’s Parents

Saurabh and Kaali both were friends and both were the drug addicts. To get rid of drug addiction they both were taking treatment. Saurabh was admitted to de-addiction centre from last six month. When police investigated then Kaali’s mother told that Saurabh came to their home at around 9 PM and he was drunk. He had his dinner at their house and after that, they thought he left from there but they both went upstairs. According to Kaali’s parents, they did not have any idea of his presence in his house.

Tha case registered to Maloya Police station and According to Police reason behind his death is the overdose of the drug.
Number Of Missing Girls From Chandigarh Is Increasing Every Year

May 25, 2017, International Missing Children’s Day has come up the issues that are related to the safety of residents in the city. If you gave your attention to the figures it will really shock you because last year the figures of missing children were 48 and 27 of them were girls but in this year in around five months number of missing children reached to 33 and out of these 28 are teenaged girls. A number of missing girls from Chandigarh is increasing every year. This is the serious issue that needed an immediate attention.

No one is taking serious action against the safety of these innocent children and because of that number is increasing. A number of girls are more and this should be improved as soon as possible.

Records of past five years:

If you look at the records of past five years you will get to know that around 203 children up to the age of 18 years are missing/kidnapped and of these 143 are girls. This can show that how much safe girls are in the City Beautiful. This is because of police that is always so reluctant and because of that missing children are untraceable. If we talk about current data, a 17-year-old girl from Manimajra has been missing since March 3 and still remains untraceable. Police are unable to search her.

year Total Girls % Of Girls

2017 33 28 85

2016 48 27 56

2015 46 27 58

2014 23 16 70

2013 53 36 68

What Police are Saying:

According to the Police often, children, especially girls, leave the house on their own. The reasons they have given to leave their houses are it could be either owing to a conflict with the parents or even love affair. Most of the girls that are missing belong to the middle-class families. Police always register the cases under Section 363(kidnapping) and 366-A (procreation of minor girl) of the IPC. But at the end, they don’t give any results and girls are still untraceable.
HiWay App Will Make Your Journey From Gurugram To Chandigarh More Convienient
In travelling from one place to other we have lots of options like we can travel by bus, train, plane and by car and we love to prefer our own car for more convenience. But now new HiWay App in your mobile phones will make your journey easier and charges will also be less. The IT professionals of Gurugram and Chandigarh came up with the app that is based on the cab-sharing concept. HiWay App will make your journey From Gurugram To Chandigarh More Convenient and Luxurious.

In Chandigarh, it is already available but in Gurugram, it is started on 25 May and this HiWay app that is for taxi services from Gurugram to Chandigarh is no profit, no loss model.

Facilities That You Will Get While Travelling:

When we travel we want it easy and convenient without paying much. So HiWay is coming up with the affordable and luxurious travel option for all of us and the facilities that you can get while travelling is as follows:
- This cab service will provide you all with free cab service and you can enjoy your journey by surfing the free net.
- Your safety is always the priority because they will provide GPS tracking system.
- You can enjoy there facilities like magazines, newspapers, bottles cookies and juices during your journey.
- Soon you will able to get female chauffeurs in the cab for the safety purpose because HiWay mobile app developers are planning to introduce it.
- There will also mobile phone charging slots for all passengers inside the car.
- a customer pays around Rs 3,000 to 4,000 for a trip between Chandigarh and Gurugram in a cab. But when you use sharing cabs then you have to pay Rs 900 per seat.
- Availability Of Cab
  
  In Chandigarh, this app was launchedonn 9 May and at present, only 10 cabs are operational for this service. After this app developers got very good response and then develpers decide to launch this facility on an intercity basis.
  
  The timings for the cabs :
  
  Morning timings for the cab – 5:30 am, 6:30 am and 7:30 am
  
  Evening timings for the cab- 6:30pm, 7:30pm and 8:30pm.
  
  There are also some Pick-up points at Gurgaon are:
- - Cyber City
  - Hotel Bristol
  - IFFCO Metro station
  - Sikanderpur Metro station
If also want to enjoy the affordable and luxrious trip from Gurugram To Chandigarh just try the facilities of this intercity cab service.